And here I was thinking that it takes one side to start a war but two to stop it. The US seems to be in a no win scenario. Either they just call it a day while publicly claiming victory, which in practice results in an Iranian victory, or they commit to a ground campaign, which is Afghanistan all over again but much bigger in scope.

They are running out of interceptors and now they hope they can pull out and deescalate until they get hit where it hurts…

Trump will end the war, claim success and oil will be below $60 by summer. Announcement coming this week

This is damage control on the the stock market and posturing for his base, Iran doesnt seem to be backing down and the longer this drags out the more certain disaster for the global economy becomes.

Saw the multitude of economic indicators and worried for a minute.

My kitchen has been pretty much finished for the last 5 years

He had a press conference, very recently, “over soon, but if Iran does anything more, destruction of everything”. including reference to shipping in Straits. Iran knows he’s bluffing, and has run out of missiles, and will not put the navy within their drone range, but at any rate, Trump’s Israel masters won’t let him off the hook.